Just last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Twitter was in advanced talks to acquire TweetDeck. Another company, UberMedia, had also reportedly been working out a deal to buy TweetDeck.

The budding rivalry between Twitter and UberMedia, which owns several popular Twitter applications, seems to be heating up.

The two companies clashed in February when Twitter suspended UberMedia's three major third-party mobile applications -- UberSocial, Twidroyd and UberCurrents -- from use on its site for allegedly violating its use policies. Twitter reinstated access to the apps a day later.

For months, industry experts said UberMedia was looking to buy TweetDeck, which competes directly with Twitter's Web and mobile clients. Having TweetDeck on board would help UberMedia build up its own microblogging service - one with TweetDeck features that users already have grown attached to.

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